Murder investigation launched after bodies found in Meath confirmed as missing Dublin men

The results of the post mortems will not be disclosed ‘for operational reasons’.

THE TWO BODIES discovered in a lake in Meath have now been identified.

Gardaí from Kells have confirmed that the bodies discovered are that of 32-year-old Eoin O Connor and 33-year-old Anthony Keegan.

The men had been missing from Dublin for over a month.

The decomposed remains were discovered by garda divers on Inchicup Island in Lough Sheelin at around 4:30 yesterday afternoon while searching for the missing men.

Gardaí say that this case is now a murder investigation and that the results of the post mortems will not be disclosed ‘for operational reasons’.

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